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Description: | A sub-circular cast copper alloy ring or loop, with a bi-convex section. The exterior edges have traces of file marks. The loop has a an incomplete mid grey/green patina. It measures 26.35mm diameter externally and 21mm internally. The thickness is 2.84mm. It weighs 3.35g. Similar rings are illustrated in Margeson's, (1993) Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58. Margeson describes them as being suspension rings which were probably multi-functional, including curtain rings. The three excavated from Norwich (No. 522-524) date from the mid 15th to mid 17th century. Blackmore (1990 Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars, Royal Armouries) illustrates similar rings being used to suspend carbines from a belt, Figures 72-73, which date to the 17th century.A sub-circular cast copper alloy ring or loop, with a bi-convex section. The exterior edges have traces of file marks. The loop has a an incomplete mid grey/green patina. It measures 26.35mm diameter externally and 21mm internally. The thickness is 2.84mm. It weighs 3.35g.
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